Medicolegal Issues: Headache

Saper, Joel R.

doi:10.1016/s0733-8619(05)70125-0

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“…• Acute and chronic headache attributed to whiplash injury [5.3, 5.4] • Postcraniotomy headache [5.7] • Headaches attributable to dural AV fistula [10.4] • Headaches attributable to fasting [10.5] • Cardiac cephalgias [10.6] • Headaches attributable to other disorders of homeostasis [10.7] • Headaches attributable to craniocervical dystonia [11.2.3] • Headaches attributable to ocular inflammatory disorders [11.3.4] • Headaches attributable to somatisation disorder [12.1] • Headaches attributable to psychotic disorder [12.2] • Nasociliary neuralgia [13.5] • Supraorbital neuralgia [13.6] • Trigeminal branch neuralgias [13.7] • Facial pain due to multiple sclerosis [13.18.3] • Persistent idiopathic facial pain [13.18.4] • Burning mouth syndrome [13.18.5] • Headache unspecified [14.2] may lead to inappropriate and sometimes harmful medical or surgical treatment. 30 Using illustrative case descriptions, we hope to familiarize neurologists with some of the newly introduced and important headache disorders that they will undoubtedly encounter in clinical practice. We also hope to encourage clinicians to utilize the criteria whenever possible in an effort to continue to refine our knowledge of both primary and secondary headache disorders.…”

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Revised 2004 International Classification of Headache Disorders: New Headache Types

Gladstone

Dodick

2004

Can. j. neurol. sci.

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In 1988, the International Headache Society created a classification system that has become the standard for headache diagnosis and research. The International Classification of Headache Disorders galvanized the headache community and stimulated nosologic, epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, and genetic research. It also facilitated multinational clinical drug trials that have led to the basis of current treatment guidelines. While there have been criticisms, the classification received widespread support by headache societies around the globe. Fifteen years later, the International Headache Society released the revised and expanded International Classification of Headache Disorders second edition. The unprecedented and rapid advances in the field of headache led to the inclusion of many new primary and secondary headache disorders in the revised classification. Using illustrative cases, this review highlights 10 important new headache types that have been added to the second edition. It is important for neurologists to familiarize themselves with the diagnostic criteria for the frequently encountered primary headache disorders and to be able to access the classification (www.i-h-s.org) for the less commonly encountered or diagnostically challenging presentations of headache and facial pain.

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Revised 2004 International Classification of Headache Disorders: New Headache Types

Gladstone

Dodick

2004

Can. j. neurol. sci.

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“…, 1993; Dalessio, 1994; Evans, 1996; Newman and Lipton, 1998; Jones et al. , 1999; Saper, 1999a,b; Swanson et al. , 2000).…”

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Clinical warning criteria in evaluation by computed tomography the secondary neurological headaches in adults

Aygün

Bildik

2003

Euro J of Neurology

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Our aims were to investigate the frequency of intracranial lesions detected by cranial computed tomography (CT-scan) amongst adult patients who had clinical warning criteria (CWC) for secondary neurological headaches and to determine the importance of CWC in predicting a possible lesion on CT-scan. Seventy consecutive patients with headache exhibiting CWC were included in this prospective study. The CWC included: (i) increase in the intensity and frequency of headache; (ii) abrupt onset of headache; (iii) persistence of headache despite analgesics; (iv) alteration of the characteristics of headache; and (v) presence of focal neurological symptoms or findings. The mean age of the patients was 46.5 years; the female-to-male ratio was 1.5. Of the patients, 35.7% had a neurological cause identified by CT-scan, and 64.3% had normal CT-scan. In the patients without lesion, of headaches, 64.4% were primary, and 35.6% were from undefined headache group. Although, of the above criteria, only the 5th was different markedly in the patients with lesion than the patients without lesion, in evaluation by CT-scan the secondary neurological headaches in adults, all CWC should look for absolutely in their history and physical examination.

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